Ever drive through a tract housing development where two to three models are repeated over and over again. All the houses have the same look, same layout, same square footage, etc. Over the last few years, it seems like a similar trend is happening in data center switching. Since most data center switches are based […]
It was in mid-March, I posted a blog about the new level of simplicity Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager (NFM) brings when configuring your fabric underlay and VXLAN overlay. Essentially…a point-and-click approach without requiring a single CLI command or any knowledge of IP protocols. Since the release of Nexus Fabric Manager in early April, it’s gotten […]
These days, it seems every new data center solution lays claim to the latest industry buzz words: automation and simplicity. Unfortunately, most solutions don’t really live up to their claims and over time they’ve lost their clout. Most people just gloss over them. So, knowing that, why would I use them to describe Cisco Nexus Fabric Manager? I […]
Just a few months ago, Cisco announced an innovative new feature called Intelligent traffic Director (ITD) on the Nexus 7000. ITD offers customers a hardware based multi-terabit load-balancing and traffic re-director solution unmatched in the industry. Yesterday, at Interop, ITD was recognized for its industry leading innovation and capabilities with the best of Interop award in […]
Read today’s data center news and it’s all about software innovation, Cloud, SDN, Internet of Everything, Big Data, applications…etc. One would think that the days of hardware innovation are long gone. That’s far from the truth! Software and cloud may be the water cooler topics of today, but they depend on a highly reliable, high […]
What is Shellshock? Recently a bug called Shellshock was discovered that could potentially allow remote attackers access to Linux, Unix, and Mac OS X operating systems. This bug, also called Bash Bug because it exploits vulnerabilities in the bash shell of *nix based systems, is rated a 7.5 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, the […]
This will probably date me, but when I started in telecommunications a few years back, 10-Mbps thin-net Ethernet was the cool new technology. I used to think, “Who would ever need that much bandwidth?” Since then, IT technology has changed dramatically, with applications continually demanding more and more bandwidth. Ethernet switching capacity has advanced by […]
Last July, Cisco announced the new Nexus 7700 switches (Nexus 7710 and 7718) as part of the Nexus 7000 Series, offering higher 40G and 100G densities and also delivering front to back airflow in a smaller form factor. Along with the new 7700 chassis, we announced the next generation F-Series modules, the F3 40G and […]
